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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Racial cartography of the Twin Cities

dgaraets September 22, 2010, 2:22 PM Sep 22, 2010

Inspired by a map of Chicago’s racial divides, Flickr user Eric Fischer created maps of more than 90 U.S. cities, including Minneapolis and St. Paul.

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Student council, glee club and the Census Bureau

dgaraets September 22, 2010, 10:45 AM Sep 22, 2010

Even in the corridors of power, your high school yearbook will follow you.

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Five by 8

The empty nest (Five by 8 – 9/22/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2010, 7:17 AM Sep 22, 2010

Documenting life’s traditions, Franken’s emotional speech, did the Emmer camp mislead reporters on Buesgens’ status, the dark streets of cities that are broke, and does the Minnesota smoking ban increase home foreclosures?

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Group calls for resignation of U official over spiked film

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2010, 4:14 PM Sep 21, 2010
4

The Land Stewardship Project joins the controversy over a film about pollution in the Mississippi.

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A death sentence for blogging?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2010, 3:07 PM Sep 21, 2010

An Iranian-Canadian blogger faces the death sentence for his crime: Blogging.

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The Exodus explained

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2010, 2:17 PM Sep 21, 2010
2

Researchers have released a study that says the Red Sea could’ve been parted by the wind.

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Don’t ask, don’t tell doesn’t change

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2010, 1:19 PM Sep 21, 2010
9

The attempt to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is dead, and probably for a good long time.

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Sports Illustrated threatens to end Twins dream season early

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2010, 10:02 AM Sep 21, 2010
11

Jim Thome and the Twins are on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated? Swell, when do the Timberwolves break camp?

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Five by 8

The hidden war (Five by 8 – 9/21/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2010, 7:20 AM Sep 21, 2010
3

Blogs take over war reporting, the cone of silence at the U, making the homeless visible, what happens when police wait a month to investigate a crime, and the Needle Doctor leaves Dinkytown.

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What’s the problem with the “b word”?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2010, 2:08 PM Sep 20, 2010
8

What does balance look like to you?

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Who’s not concerned about the economy?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2010, 1:43 PM Sep 20, 2010
3

President Obama went toe-to-toe with the business community today when CNBC hosting a Town Hall forum on business issues in Washington.

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Regional history

A look at the ‘alien enemy’ camps

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2010, 12:05 PM Sep 20, 2010
3

A story about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II brings a flurry of e-mails.

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Timewasters: Changing a football stadium

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2010, 12:02 PM Sep 20, 2010

A St. Paul company has produced this time-lapse video showing last week’s conversion of the stadium in New Jersey from a Giants stadium (they played Sunday) to a Jets stadium (they played Monday night).

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Study: Hearing loss in young people overstated

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2010, 11:09 AM Sep 20, 2010
1

University of Minnesota researchers have blown a hole in one of the basic assumptions of life: That loud music is destroying the hearing of young people.

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Five by 8

In search of real Minnesota (Five by 8 – 9/20/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2010, 6:48 AM Sep 20, 2010
5

Zumbrota grabs the bull, just keeping swimming, reading Playboy to the blind, America’s most toxic city, and the clouds as the ocean.

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